Prehistory: 1956--1961

• 1956: Nobel Prize in Physics for transistor

• 1959: Jack Kilby (Texas Instruments) and Robert Noyce (Fairchild Semiconductor) invent integrated circuit (IC)

• 1960: DEC PDP-1

• 1961: IBM 7030 Stretch (first scientific computer)

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